Hungary will play a key role in the Danube Transnational Programme, which aims to foster regional integration within the highly diverse Danube region, Minister of State for the Utilization of EU Funds Balázs Rákossy told Hungarian news agency MTI, following the conference that marked the official opening of the Programme.
“Hungary and Serbia are in the same shoes in view of the fact the same two European Union member states, Greece and Croatia, are causing significant difficulties to both countries with relation to the migrant crisis”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said after a meeting with the Serbian Prime Minister.
The southwest Hungarian town of Barcs on the Croatian border is fully prepared to receive migrants, Minister of State for Churches, National Minorities and Civil Affairs Miklós Soltész said at a press conference there on Tuesday.
Today, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will first hold talks in Bavaria and then will attend the summit of EU heads of state and government in Brussels.
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in cooperation with the BMW Group has announced the possibility of tendering for the 2015 edition of the Intercultural Innovation Award.
In line with the instruction of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the Ambassador of Hungary accredited to Zagreb submitted a letter of protest to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia.
The four Visegrád countries and western Member States of the European Union continue to envisage different ways of resolving the refugee crisis.
Hungary is hosting a session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) European Commission on Agriculture for the first time on 22-23 September 2015, with the participation of government delegates, non-governmental organisations and representatives of the European Union from 35 countries in the European and Central Asian region.
A taxation scheme can only be effective if it efficiently serves economic policy goals: economic growth and the best interests of enterprises and households, Minister of State for the Utilization of EU Funds Balázs Rákossy said at a taxation forum of the heads of tax authorities held in Budapest.
Hungarian Ambassador to Spain Enikő Győri held talks with Juan Jesús Vivas Lara, Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Ceuta in the North African Spanish enclave on 18 September. The Hungarian Ambassador also met with Nicolás Fernández Cucurull, the local representative of the Spanish government, who provided a short presentation to the Ambassador about the double fence that runs along the full length of Cueta’s land border (8.7 km) and its operation.